Navi Mumbai: Slender racer snake rescued in Uran

NAVI MUMBAI: A slender racer snake, which is rarely spotted in human habitations, was rescued from Chirner in Uran taluka of Raigad district in Maharashtra on Monday. Activist Jaywant Thakur of Friends Of Nature (FON) group said that this rescued snake measured 23.5 inches in length and it was safely released back in a forested area.

The scientific name of this non-venomous reptile is Platyceps gracilis, commonly known as the graceful racer or slender racer.

FON activists pointed that in the six years, this shy and elusive species has been spotted barely four times in Uran areas. In case citizens spot any snake in their area, they can call the forest Helpline number 1926. The numbers of other wildlife activists are: 8652007600 (Raghunath Jadhav in Kharghar); 869993332 (Manish Mehta in Panvel); 9869780202 (Pawan Sharma in Mumbai); 9833480388 (Sunish Subramanian in Mumbai and Thane).